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Build-to-rent and student accommodation developer Watkin Jones is actively seeking sites to add to its recent acquisition of a development site in Edinburgh and is making "good progress" with the launch of an affordable homes pilot. Since its previous update in January, the firm has s

Stewart Milne Homes has invested in a new range of spacious, high-quality homes that it hopes will meet the changing needs of buyers and deliver significant new revenues across the UK. The housebuilder said it is at the forefront of a step-change in the design of the communities in which its newly d

An update to the budget framework is underway at the City of Edinburgh Council after the publication of a report outlining a range of proposals for investing approximately £20 million of one-off additional revenue funding.

Nationwide has today announced that applications for its 2021 Community Grants Programme are now open. The programme forms part of Nationwide’s commitment to supporting communities by giving at least 1% of its pre-tax profits to good causes.

Barratt Homes Scotland and the RSPB have launched a project designed to inspire and advise everyone on how to turn their outdoor spaces into havens for wildlife – whether it be a garden, balcony, yard, or community green space. The Nature on Your Doorstep project comes after a year in lockdown

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland and Barratt Homes West Scotland have commenced construction for a new development of 638 homes at Torrance Place in Holytown, North Lanarkshire, signalling the start of phase two of the overall masterplan. Phase two of the masterplan will see the construction of 638 two,

Scotland’s Housing First Pathfinder has created more than 500 tenancies with the addition of 25 added in April, a monitoring report released today has shown.

Rural Stirling Housing Association (RSHA) has appointed Craig Wood as its new director of housing and property services. Mr Wood joins RSHA from Trust Housing Association in Edinburgh where he has been development manager for just over three years

The City of Edinburgh Council’s flagship regeneration of a major brownfield site in Fountainbridge will reach another major milestone this week as agreement will be sought from councillors to appoint a development partner for the next stages of the project.

North Lanarkshire Council's efforts to deliver new build housing boosts for Airdrie and Coatbridge communities has made progress this week. Groundwork is now underway at its largest new council housing site in Holehills, Airdrie, to deliver 150 new homes, 19 of which are the first confirmed Net Zero

Building work on a 167-home development in a coastal suburb of Aberdeen will begin this month. Stewart Milne Homes is preparing to deliver 167 houses and flats on a site between Falkland Avenue and the Aberdeen to Stonehaven railway line, all of which will be marketed as affordable housing.

Miller Homes has submitted plans for a development as part of the wider West Craigs masterplan in Edinburgh.

Aberdeen Cyrenians is joining people in more than 132 countries across the globe today to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT Day).

North Ayrshire Council has said that its new bold and radical approach to developing a fairer local economy is bearing fruit. The message comes exactly one year from the day North Ayrshire Council became the first Community Wealth Building (CWB) local authority in Scotland.

Forfar councillor Lynne Devine has been appointed as Angus Council’s Older People’s Champion. At the meeting of Full Council on Thursday, a motion by Kirriemuir & Dean councillor Julie Bell to appoint an Older People’s Champion and for Cllr Devine to fulfil that role was unanim